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Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX58285 Corporal Francis Alan Burchnall, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Corporal Burchnall, aged 23, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 4 June 1945. He was the son of Francis Robert and Gertrude Nathelia Burchnall, of Bendigo, Vic. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 28. (Photograph copied from AWM232, items 4 and 5. Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX64477 Corporal Francis Robert Burchnall, 2/10th Ordnance Workshops, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (
NSW. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of NX58711 Lance Corporal Raymond Francis Juchau, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX36035 Private Francis Sidney Smith, 2nd Reserve Motor Transport Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of w
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX66586 Private William Patrick Shepherd, 2/10th Ordnance Workshop, Australian Corps of Electrical & Mechanical Engineers. He was one of over 2000 Alli
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX63699 Corporal Charles William Maizey, 22nd Brigade Ordnance Field Park, Australian Army Ordnance Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of
Vic. Paybook photograph, taken on enlistment, of VX63788 Private Herbert Richard Knight, No. 1 Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the
